The situation was similar when I tried to set mine red 89 Shelby Dak
distributor with a Haynes book. The books may be off.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie C" <jamie12ga@gmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 9:05 AM
Subject: DML: Distributor Installation
>
> OK, I went through the steps to install the distributor, engine at TDC on
> compression stroke, rotate distributor until it line up with alignment
> mark
> on CPS. To be sure I'm not 180 degrees off, the #1 cyl position on the cap
> is on the passenger side and the CPS wires go out the back towards the
> firewall, correct?
> What has me second guessing is the illustration in the '96 FSM 8d-25
> Ignition System for the 5.2 (probably the same in other 5.2 FSM's).
> Viewing
> from the front of the engine, the orientation of the distributor in the
> illustration has the #1 spark plug cable position at around the 8 o'clock
> position but the actual position seems to be the 9 o'clock position. Is
> this illustration off or am I off? If I was off, I think i'd be 180 off,
> not
> just a few degrees.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> James
>
>
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